Hallmark MOVIE channel (which is a different channel that the "regular" Hallmark channel) is having a marathon of the original Perry Mason series from 1960-61, 48 episodes back to back starting at 6:00am on Saturday.

They've been running the episodes in their original order for a few weeks now -- a weekend marathon to start, followed by two episodes every weekday. There were 271 episodes in the original 1957-1966 series; back then, they did 30 episodes a year. This latest marathon will push them past the halfway point.

Darn, should've come back and read this thread again.. though it probably was cut for more commercials.. Weird, apparently 5 seasons have been on DVD (or at least are available at netflix), s6 is listed.. then it jumps to s12, but the orig show didn't have 12 seasons..